Table for automobiles



Feb. 6, 1940. G. A. KRISCHKE 2,189,607

TABLE FOR AUTOMOBILES Filed 'se t. 15, 1937 INVENTOR eoIyeAfiwc hke & BY A r 1 TTORNEY Patented Feb. 6, 1940 1 UNIT D STATES TABLE FOR AUTOMOBILES George A. Krischke, Rochester, N. Y.

Application September 15, 1937, Serial No. 164,010

3 Claims.

The object of this invention is to make a table and a support therefor for use in an automobile, more especially a sedan, or couple, etc.

Another object of the invention is to provide a support for the table that is readily attachable to the door, window, or instrument board of the auto.

Another object is to provide cheap construction and give certain adjustments to the table.

These and other objects of the invention will be illustrated in the drawing, described in the specification, and pointed out in the claims at the end. thereof.

In the drawing:

v Figure 1 is a top plan view of support.

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section through the table and support on the line 220-21: of .Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an elevation of the table and hanger the table and bracket therefor viewed from the left as these parts are shown in Figure 2.

In the drawing like reference numerals indicate like parts. I

In the drawing reference numeral I indicates the stationary bracket that is fastened to the sill of the window or door of the car. This bracket has a lateral or horizontal extension 2 that slips under the molding 3 and rests on the 'sill this guide slides thesliding bracket 9, which is T-shaped and is bent up from a single sheet of metal. This bracket consists of a web IE3 and two flanges II. In the web I is provided two holes indicated at l2, l2 in Figure 1. -This bracket can be adjusted by moving it endwise in the guide in the stationary bracket in which it engages.

As shown in the several figures, I provide a,

table l3, to which is fastened a stationary bracket 54. single piece of wire or rod stock. This table bracket has a middle or intermediate part that is U-shapecl comprising upright arms l5, l5 and a horizontal member I600. The upright arms are bent down at the top, forming members l6, [6, the lower ends of which are bent forwardly, as indicated at H, to form arms that engage under the table l3 for the support of the table.

This stationary bracket is bent up ,of a

The table is attached to these horizontally extending arms as indicated at l8, I8.

This bracket l4 swings on a hanger 20, which is composed of a single piece of heavy wire or rod stock. This hanger has an intermediate part that is U -shaped and comprises the horizontal member on the stationary hanger 2| and the upright members 22, 22. The top of each upright member 22 is bent over and down to form hooks 23, 23 that engage in the holes I2, l2 shown in Figure 1.

The bracket [4 is mounted to swing on the hanger and is connected thereto by a pin or shaft 24, which passes through suitable holes in the upright members l5 and 22, by which the parts are connected together. To get the ends of the pin 24 in place in the uprights l5, l5 the uprights l5, I5 are sprung apart sufiiciently to permit the ends to be inserted in the holes or sockets therein, after which they are forced together again into their permanent position.

.In the intermediate part 25 of the bracket I4 is threaded an adjusting screw 26, which screw can be turned forward or back. This screw rests loosely against the flattened part 21 of the horizontal member 2|, and by turningthe screw in or'out the table l3 can be brought to a horizontal position. i

In operation the stationary bracket l is fastened to the sill of the window or door of the car. The sliding. bracket is then either inserted or brought to correct position, and then the hooks of the hanger bracket 20 are engaged in I claim: 1. A tablefor an automobile comprising a fixed bracket adapted to engage the sill of, the window I or door of a car, said brackethaving a T-shaped channel formed therein, a bracket having a T- shaped baseengaging in said T-shaped channel, and sliding laterally thereon, a hanger supported from said sliding bracket, a bracket fastened to said table and swinging on said hanger, means on, said table bracket by which it can be adjusted angularly with reference to the hanger for the purpose of placing the table supported thereby in horizontal position while the table extends inwardly from the door or window of the automobile.

2. A table for an automobile comprising a fixed bracket adapted to engage the sill of the window or door of a car, said bracket having a T-shaped channel formed therein, a bracket having a T-shaped base engaging in said T-shaped channel, and sliding laterally thereon, a hanger having hooks thereon adapted to engage with said sliding bracket, a bracket fastened to said table and swinging on said hanger, and means on said table bracket by which it can be adjusted angularly with reference to the hanger for the purpose of placing the table supported thereby in horizontal position while the table extends inwardly from the door or window of the automobile.

3. A table for an automobile comprising a fixed bracket adapted to engage the sill of the window or door of a car, said bracket having a T-shaped channel formed therein, a bracket having a T-shaped base engaging in said T-shaped channel, and sliding laterally thereon, a hanger having hooks supported from said sliding bracket, said hanger being formed from a single piece of wire, a bracket fastened to said table and swinging on said hanger, said bracket being formed from a single piece of wire, and means on said table bracket by which it can be adjusted angularly with reference to the hanger for the purpose of placing the table supported thereby in horizontal position while the table extends inwardly from the door or window of the automobile.

GEORGE A. KRISCHKE. 

